4. Advanced legislation and support programs for human trafficking victims 5. Several pillars of support programs for human trafficking victims a. b. c. d. Sojourn Social welfare Sufficient legal remedy Support for return 6. Proposals (instead of conclusion) - In Korea, excluding the special case for foreign women in Article 11 of the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic and the provisions on support facility for foreign women in Article 5 of the Act on the Prevention of Sexual Traffic and Protection, etc. of Victims Thereof, there is practically no support programs for human trafficking victims. It is critical to establish a systematic victim support program of legislative remedy for trafficking victims and practical assistance for social integration. Revision of existing laws or establishment of new law including the important pillars of support programs for human trafficking victims as discussed earlier should be implemented along with supplementing policies. This is not only true in Korea but also in other countries of similar human trafficking victim support programs. - Certainty in criminal punishment on human traffickers does not constitute a precondition for victim support program. There is a need for victim support provided unconditional to victim’s assistance to criminal procedures to punish traffickers. Certainty in prosecution on traffickers, however, can contribute in raising awareness that human trafficking is a crime that should be expelled and that support is necessary for the victims to return to the society from the human rights and humanitarian perspectives. Therefore in countries with little consideration on human trafficking as a crime, measures to increase the possibility of investigation, prosecution and criminal punishment of human trafficking (especially new types of trafficking) are important to be developed along with or even before a separate promotion or training on prevention Status and Tasks of Human Trafficking Victim support Programs: Cases in Korea ❙ 83